In the previous few weeks, I’ve performed a ton of simulator video games. Selecting out only a couple, and already this month I’ve been working a espresso empire in Espresso Tycoon, and have been employed as floor workers at some airports world wide in AirportSim.
However now I get to be a thief!
I’ll admit, I by no means performed the unique Thief Simulator, however that doesn’t imply I’m not intrigued as to how this one will play out, if just for journalistic analysis. So I received my masks on and caught a crowbar in hand earlier than strolling into the useless of night time to start my profession with Thief Simulator 2.
Thief Simulator 2 begins with you in a room, at midnight. The cellphone in your fingers rings and tells you that you’ve two minutes to get out of the constructing. You see that persons are coming and it’s right here the place you be taught to sneak round, grabbing your housebreaking gear and getting out of dodge.
Then time rolls again and the sport locations you at first. You’re an novice thief, in debt to a criminal offense gang. From there you might be left to begin small, stealing issues and promoting them to get money. It’s all performed out very tongue-in-cheek at occasions and seems like an old-school recreation when it comes to humour, however as Thief Simulator 2 performed out, I discovered myself having fun with the story missions and its tone.
The gameplay begins off good and slowly, increase your abilities and what that you must do. You get to catch, and run, and work together with objects like switches or doorways. The primary mission sees you heading to an empty home, utilizing a crowbar to jimmy the primary gate. Then you definately go into the place, ransacking it for something useful; something from cell phones to bottles of crimson wine. When you’ve got all of your stash you permit, drive alongside to the pawn store throughout city and promote all of your items. From there you purchase new gear as the issue and danger ramp up – the circle, full.
As you progress in Thief Simulator 2 you get entry to extra issues, like drones for recon and lockpicking abilities that can assist you along with your heist. You possibly can even fuel individuals, placing them to sleep to verify your thieving abilities go unnoticed. No matter, this can be a recreation that’s all about watching individuals’s comings and goings, working their timings earlier than making an attempt your theft. Their patterns have to be discovered and from there on out it’s all about stealth. There’s little doubt that Thief Simulator 2 does an excellent job of balancing issues, not too rewarding, however neither too irritating.
Nonetheless, the AI isn’t the sharpest device within the field and so if you get to know this, it’s simple to start to take advantage of issues. They’re fairly inflexible of their patterns, and even when alerted they quickly neglect what they’re doing, and return to their patterns. I’ve to confess to having fun with the number of jobs on supply in Thief Simulator 2, as you get to plan your method by this mini-open world and the individuality the sport provides.
By way of graphics, Thief Simulator 2 does a superb job. I’ve been largely impressed by the lighting, one thing that’s very important because the overwhelming majority of the time you’ll end up skirting the shadows. The character fashions are okay too, while there are some enjoyable touches in what you see across the places you might be robbing. The sound results are good too, which is nice as a result of it’s very important to listen to how noisy you might be being, affecting your stealth within the course of. The radio station is nice enjoyable too, however a number of the voice work is a bit unusual; I don’t know if that may be a inventive selection or not.
Thief Simulator 2 might take you abruptly. The gameplay premise and thieving mechanic are good and a number of enjoyable. Do you have to like stealthy experiences then you must have a blast with this, having fun with the wacky world it employs. Sure, there isn’t a doubt that at occasions it feels a bit tough, and the voice work is mad, however that’s a part of the attraction. Thief Simulator 2 may simply be what you might be in search of.